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Originally Posted by xnomad
If MS start producing hardware to marry with their software, like Apple does, they will lock out other operating systems and hardware manufacturers. The Build-It-Yourself market will probably be purely Linux from then on.
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No, but MS needs reference hw to prove they can build powerful tablet OSes - which is currently pretty hard given the fact the manufacturers constantly change their specs.
This is pretty much how apple does it. The hw might be a tad obsolete but under your control, add a sexy case -> working product and lots of cash.
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they can barely release a half decent stable OS
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Tablet OS you mean, right? W7 is bullet proof.